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Dedicated to 

Andrew John Kauffman, 2d 

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Mary Barbara Kauffman 



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Jack and the Bean-stalk 


A BALLAD- AURA N GEMENT FOR YOUNG 
CHILDREN 


BY 


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ith Illustrations from Original 
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WILLIAM A. ROACH 


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PHILADELPHIA 

HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY 


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Copyright, 1922 
By Howard E. Altemus 


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A Note for Parents 

As is the case with most of the stories in the 
present series, this one is to be found among nearly 
all the races of Aryan descent. Unlike its fellows, 
however, the legend of the bean-stalk flourishes also 
in the lore of both the African Zulus and the North 
American Indians. Its earliest appearance in 
European literature is lost in the mists of time. 

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JACK AND THE BEAN- 
STALK 


/'ANE time, a widow old and poor 
^ Lived near a forest wild ; 

She had a little boy named Jack, 
Who was her only child. 



“OIVE me a penny, mother, 
^ please!” 

From morn to night he’d call; 

His mother gave her pennies up 
Until Jack had them all. 


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A T last she said: “There’s nothing 
^ left 

To buy our food with now 
Except the cow.” -“Sell that!” said 
Jack. — 

Said she: “Go, sell the cow.” 


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jLTE started out and met a queer 
Old fellow hawking greens, 
Who had a big tray full of red 
And pink and purple beans. 


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J ACK thought they were so beau- 
tiful, 

He said, “I’ll tell you, now: 

I haven’t any pennies, but 
I’ll trade you, for my cow.” 

“Done!” said the man. — Jack took 
the beans; 

But when his mother found 
What he had done, she grabbed the 
beans 

And threw them on the ground. 


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T) ESIDE the kitchen-window there 
She threw them. “Silly lad,” 
She said, “for just some colored beans 
You’ve traded all we had! 

“I gave you pennies every day— 
And this is my reward ! 

I gave you all you asked, and more 
Than I could well afford. 

“I said that you might sell the cow — 
And what did you do? Trade! 
The day will come when you will 
wish 

You’d listened and obeyed!” 


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TACK cried himself to sleep, but 
** woke 

Before the sun was high, 

And found the beans had sprouted up 
And grown into the sky. 

Right up into the clouds there’d 
grown, 

In just that little time, 

A bean-stalk like a giant tree. 

“That stalk,” said Jack, “I’ll 
climb!” 


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A LL morning long lie climbed; at 
^ noon 

He reached a desert land 
Where stood a castle: nothing else 
But bones and rocks and sand. 


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TACK rang the bell. A woman 
^ came. 

“Hide, boy, to save your life!” 
She cried . “A giant grim lives here — 
In me you see his wife ! 

“Jump — jump into this oven, lad! 

Now, do as I require!” 

Jack did, and wasn’t burnt a bit— 
There wasn’t any fire. 


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“p^E-FI! Fo-fum!” the Giant 
A roared : 

“I smell some blood.” — “Why, 
Jake,” 

His wife replied, “since no one’s 
here, 

There must be some mistake.” 


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‘ <r PHEN bring my magic hen,” 
said he : 

She brought a chicken old. 

“Lay!” said the Giant — mad the hen 
Laid eggs of solid gold! 

Great golden eggs it laid upon 
The table ev’ry time: 

“I think,” thought Jack, “I’d rather 
have 

That hen than own a mine.” 


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HTHE woman left the room; in 

sleep 

The Giant stretched his legs 
And gave the hen a little rest 
From laying golden eggs. 


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TACK took the hen — climbed down 
^ the stalk. 

“Don’t mourn for our old cow,” 
He told his mother: “You shall have 
Your wants all cared for now.” 

You’d think things now so nicely 
fixed, 

He’d never rove again — 

What could a fellow want beside 
So wonderful a hen? 


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A LAS, Jack wanted more and 
more, 

The more that hen would lay ! 

His mother bade him stop at home, 
But Jack would not obey. 

You would have been content at 
home; 

Not so this wayward Jack: 

He carefully disguised himself, 

And soon went climbing back. 


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T^HEN Mrs. Giant hid the lad 
(Not knowing it was he) 
Inside the kitchen-cupboard, while 
Her husband had his tea. 


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T’WO money-bags the Giant 
brought 

And counted o’er and o’er 
His gold; tied up the sacks again 
And soon began to snore. 


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npHE wife went out; Jack grabbed 
the bags; 

With many a gasp and frown, 

He reached the bean-stalk’s top and 
turned 

His burden upside-down. 

The gold fell down as if ’twere rain 
From out each upturned sack: 
Jack’s mother welcomed it, of 
course — 

But how she welcomed Jack! 


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“ W E have more gold than we can 
spend!” 

Said she. “Now, Jack, don’t 
roam 

Away again; you’re safer far 
Beside me, here at home.” 


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YOU'D think so, too; and Jack 
1 thought so 
For a full year, but then 
A longing came upon the lad 
To climb the stalk again. 


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QNE morn his mother overslept; 

Jack donned a new disguise 
And started up — was out of sight 
Ere she unclosed her eyes! 


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TVTOT knowing him, the Giant’s 
^ wife 

Her long, sad story told: 

How terrible her husband was — 

And how he’d lost his gold. 


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A ND then the Giant’s step was 
heard ; 

It echoed far and wide; 

She pointed to a wash-tub, and 
The boy crept right inside. 

It was so deep, Jack thought he’d 
drown ; 

He had a dreadful scare — 

But luckily his life was saved: 

There was no water there. 


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“T^E-FI! Fo-fum!” the Giant 
A roared, 

“I smell a boy!” — and soon, 

In spite of all his wife could do, 
Began to search the room. 

He looked around and ’round and 
’round, 

’Most ev’rywhere, except 
Inside the tub where lucky Jack 
Had just so nimbly crept. 


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4 — Jack and the Bean-stalk 


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1V1" IGHT fell. The woman went to 
^ ^ bed. 

“My harp!” the Giant cried: 

A harp came running by itself 
And knelt there at his side. 


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“P>LAY!” said the Giant, and the 
L harp 

Played music soft and deep; 

It played itself — and soon it played 
The Giant fast asleep. 


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r T 1 HE magic tunes turned Jack’s 
young head. 

He said: “I’d never roam; 

I’d stay with mother, if I could 
Have such a harp at home.” 

He seized it — reached the door — but, 
oh, 

The harp cried: “Master! Mas- 
ter!” 

The Giant woke; Jack ran his best — 
Could giants run still faster? 


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“ V"OU are the thief,” the Giant 
■*- shrieked, 

“Who took my gold and hen!” 

Oh, how Jack wished that he’d 
obeyed 

His poor old mother then ! 


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X3 0TH reached the stalk, both 
^ started down; 

But Jack was first. He cried: 
“Mother, an axe!” He chopped the 
stalk — 

The Giant fell and died. 


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A CLOSE escape — a lesson learned ! 
" “Mother, I tell you now, 
Hereafter I’ll obey you, dear,” 

Said J aek. He kept that vow. 


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r PHIS story shows you plainly that, 
A When you’ve your pennies 
spent, 

You should not nag for more and 
more, 

But try to be content; 

Don’t fret if things go wrong at 
home; 

Don’t ever run away ; 

And when you’re told to do a thing 
It’s safest to obey! 


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